What is alcohol-based fuel?

Alcohol-based fuel is a fuel prepared with alcohol as the main body.

Alcohol-based fuel is a kind of fuel mainly made of alcohol. It is mainly a liquid fuel made of methanol mixed with a certain proportion of ethanol and gasoline, commonly known as bio-oil and environmental protection oil. It is mixed with a certain proportion of water, with low flash point, strong volatility, easy to burn and explode in case of heat source and open flame, and toxic.

According to relevant regulations, alcohol-based liquid fuels with flash point below 60℃ should be subject to safety supervision in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. According to the Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings, alcohol-based fuels cannot be operated, stored and used in civil buildings.

Alcohol-based fuels are widely available, which can be obtained from petrochemical fuels (such as coal, oil and natural gas) or produced by biological fermentation of biomass (such as ethanol and butanol). Alcohol-based fuel can be made into liquid fuel, solid fuel (such as solid alcohol) and gas fuel (such as methanol to dimethyl ether).

Alcohol-based fuel can also be biomass energy, which, like nuclear energy, solar energy, wind energy and water energy, is an environmentally friendly and clean energy that governments all over the world are vigorously promoting. Facing the exhaustion of petrochemical energy, alcohol-based fuel is the most potential new alternative energy. At present, high-energy polymer oil replaces alcohol-based fuel, which is not dangerous, has a flash point of 90, and cannot be ignited by open flame. Its calorific value is 10000 kcal, and 1 kg can reach 4 kg of alcohol-based fuel.

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